And It Was Good

The Book of the Magic Lab Chapter the First: The Calling of the Feast

And it came to pass, in the seventeen day of the fifth month, that the elders of the Magic Lab — even Felice and the Elders — lifted up their voices and spake unto the people, saying:

Thus saith the Fellowship: Come.

Come ye to the house at Scituate Street, in the land of Arlington, even unto the garden which is behind the house. And ye shall come at the first hour of the afternoon, and ye shall not tarry, neither shall ye make excuse, for the hour is appointed and the coals shall not wait.

And the people said, Wherefore do we gather?

And the elders answered and said: Because the season hath been mighty, and full of wonders, and the works of our hands have pleased us. Therefore we shall eat, and we shall drink, and we shall be glad. For is it not written that after great labour cometh great barbecue?

And there was in that place a woman named Jeannine, and she was mighty before the Lord in all matters pertaining to the grill. And the smoke of her offering was pleasing, yea, exceedingly pleasing, and it rose up and was good. And she was called the BBQ Dad, and this was a name of great honour, and no one questioned it.

And the elders spake again unto the people, saying: Bring ye food, and bring ye drink, that the table may be full. Come not empty-handed before the Fellowship, lest it be a reproach unto you. For the coordination of provisions shall be revealed unto you in its season — watch therefore, and be ready.

And the number of those bidden was the whole of the Magic Lab, and their friends, and the friends of their friends, even unto the last of them.

These are the particulars of the appointed day:

Upon the seventeenth day of the fifth month, in the year two thousand and twenty and six, at the first hour of the afternoon, in the garden of the house at seventy Scituate Street, in Arlington.

And the people heard these things and they were glad. And they said one to another: It is meet and right that we should go. And they went.

And it was good.

Here endeth the proclamation.

Selah.

The genealogy of provisions shall be forthcoming.